Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors
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Kick Off: TBC
Venue: Mend-a-Hose Jungle (Castleford)
Competition: Super League
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Radio: Live on BBC Local Radio and via the BBC Website
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The Castleford Tigers welcome the Wigan Warriors across the Pennines to the Jungle for what is always an attractive game of rugby.
The Tigers have a strong squad and one that knowns exactly what it’s roll is and whilst they struggle with the depth of the big teams such as Wigan, every team that heads to the Jungle know that they are in for a battle and that they will have to be at their best to have any chance of coming away with the points.
The fans in Castleford are demanding of their players with every man running out in the Orange and Black knowing just what is expected at them so no matter what the current for of the Tigers is, when they play at home they also step up.
Wigan are a club who have demands not just from their fans but from the owners, from their history and from the culture of the club to win and to win well.
That is something that isn’t possible each week of course but it does mean that there players will also give there and that sets this game up to be a good one and to be one that should be close and in the balance throughout.
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Stadium
No matter if you know it as Wheldon Road or as the Jungle, Castleford’s home ground is up there as one of the most atmospheric grounds in the Super League.
On the face of it, the stadium is dilapidated and with the pitch been amongst the smallest in the league you would perhaps not be expecting much from come game day but when the ground is full, as it more often than not is, it simply comes alive.
The home fans create a great atmosphere and when a big away following is in attendance, as tends to be the case when Wigan are in town, all 4 sides of the stadium create a great atmosphere to give the players no excuse to not give anything but their best.
The ground gives the Tigers a huge advantage for every game that they play as the pitch is far from regulation, so the home players know it much better than the visiting players and with the stands right on top of the players, away team know that they are in for stick from start to finish.
Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors Prediction
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History
As you would expect from a match up between two clubs of the size of these 2 and with the long histories that they have, there have been many great matches down the years between Cas and Wigan but as is so often the case, it is in knock out matches and big finals that really stand out and live long in the memory.
Cas and Wigan met in the final of the Challenge Cup in the 1969-70 season in what was to prove a low scoring match, it was Castleford who grabbed the glory and picked up the trophy when they won the match by 7-2.
The 2 sides also met in the 1992 Challenge Cup Final in a game that saw Martin Offiah nearly grab the headlines around the world as he score 3 tries in the game but 1 was disallowed and the star winger missed out on becoming the first ever player to grab a hat-trick in the Challenge Cup final.
In the end it didn’t matter two much for the Cherry and Whites as it was Wigan who ran out the winners on that occasion by outscoring Castleford by 28-12.
The following year, the 2 sides met in the League Cup final, then known as the Regal Trophy in a match played at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. It was Castleford who ran out the victors in this one in what turned out to be a one sided affair as Cas outscored Wigan 33-2.
